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A longstanding and distinctive feature of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ undergraduate program is the Policy Task Force, an experiential junior-year requirement that lets students work directly on a timely public policy...
Since 2022, graduate students from Princeton University and the University of Tokyo have met annually at the latter institution to present and discuss their research. The fourth annual workshop, examining the role of alliances in the turbulent world...
Thirteen Princeton students traveled to Kenya this summer as part of the Global Seminar “Technology for African Languages in the Digital Age,” spending six weeks studying Swahili, collecting and analyzing data in the country, and collaborating with...
A cross-disciplinary collective seeks nature-based solutions for protecting the world’s most important biome.
Princeton University graduates Beatriz Alcala-Ascencion ‘25, Gustavo Blanco-Quiroga ‘25, Thomas Coulouras ‘25 and Alan Plotz ‘25 were awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse 1926 Prize to pursue international civic engagement projects for one year...
Princeton Class of 2026 member Alison Fortenberry has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Fortenberry, from Philadelphia, is majoring in...
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From Tokyo to Taipei: Shaping Policy in a Shifting Asia
Since 2022, graduate students from Princeton University and the University of Tokyo have met annually at the latter institution to present and discuss their research. The fourth annual workshop, examining the role of alliances in the turbulent world of U.S.-China competition, took place in early...
In disaster-prone Nepal, farmers sticking with agriculture amid climate risks
For small-scale farmers up against floods, droughts and other dramatic climate events, diversifying income sources can mean financial safety — a lifeline as crop-growing conditions destabilize.
Princeton SPIA Experts Provide Insight on Escalating Israel-Iran Conflict
Princeton Scholars Analyze the Implications for Regional Stability, Nuclear Risk, and Global Security.PRINCETON, NJ - As the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, faculty at the Princeton
Measuring the human impacts of extreme heat to guide cities’ climate action plans
Last May, Neha Agarwal returned to her home city of Delhi, India, to initiate a Princeton study measuring human exposure to extreme heat. Stepping out of the airport “felt like walking into a furnace,” said Agarwal, a Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering.When Delhi hit an...
Princeton Students Conduct “What If” Simulation of Pivotal WWII Crisis
How would things be different if you got a do-over? The “what-if” game is always an interesting thought exercise — and for the first time, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Center for International Security Studies (CISS) used this question as the jumping off point for...
Varun Gauri on Going from Economist to Novelist
On a recent Tuesday evening, Varun Gauri stepped behind a lectern at the Princeton Public Library not to deliver a talk about political or behavioral economics—topics he teaches at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs—but about Meena and Avi, the two characters in his debut...
Faculty Brief South Korean Policymakers, Business Leaders, Scholars on Niehaus Trip
Several researchers from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs traveled to South Korea in October to brief the country’s policymakers, business leaders, and scholars on critical political and economic issues in the context of U.S.-South Korea relations and the 2024 U.S....
Global Warming Will Worsen Winter Air Pollution in Northern India
High concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in India have severe impacts on public health. While high PM2.5 levels are primarily due to intensive local emissions, they can be further worsened by meteorological patterns known as atmospheric stagnation, which trap pollutants close to...
Susan Naquin Awarded 2024 Joseph Levenson Prize for "Gods of Mount Tai"
Feb. 20, 2024
SPIA’s Afghanistan Policy Lab Speaks on Taliban-Controlled Region During U.N. Counter-Terrorism Week
On June 22, the Afghanistan Policy Lab (APL) at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) organized an event at the United Nations that brought Afghanistan to the international spotlight, as delegates from across the world convened in New York to discuss the pressing world...